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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-20
What the President Saw on His Way
to Memphis.

MEME11Is, October 14.-The jour
ney Of the President from Kansas
City has been devoid of striking in.
cident and afforded much needed
rest. Members. of the party have
preserved good health and all rose
this morning in excellent spirits.
The floral trophies of this forenoon's
ride are one little bunch of golden rod
pinned in piece of pink-tinted paper
inscribed for the President and his
wife. 1t was handed to the Presi.
dent by a tow-hesded miss Of Is at 3
water tank stopping place.
At half a dozen points this morn
ing have been gatherings of from
one to three hundred people, whose
tumultuous greetings have been most
courteously acknowledged by the
President and Mrs. Cleveland. At
one point company of lancers was
drawn. up in line with arms at
present, and at another where the
locomotive was coaled the natives
had an opportunity to shake the
Presidents hand.
The line from Hoxie to- West
Memphis lay in typical Arkansas
region. There were half a. dozen
little frontier villages, but for the
most part groves of blasted forest
giants, of living oaks, gums and cy.
press bounded the view. Inter
spersed were openings for corn and
cotton fields, in the latter of which
picking operations we're going on and
there were casual saw mills and lum
Der yards. The prevalent dwellings
were of logs and boards, in front of
which blonde youngsters were drawn
up in line for review, and around
which in default of flags and banners,
hung the family wash. Hogs of
shadowy proportions, armed with
incredible snouts, glided between the
trees, and wild turkeys were some
times scared up. Seventy five miles
of this region is subjected to overflow
by the Mississippi.
The first sign of approach TO Mem
phis was the appearance on the train
(no one knew how they got there)
of handsome Autographs of the
President and Mrs. Cleyeland, the
allegorical bordering of which con-
tanned figures in the costumes of the
ancient Egyptian Memphis, with rep.
reservations of the industries of its
modern namesake. Later bouquets
of flowers, surrounded by snowy COT
ton bolls, made their appearance on
nIrs. Cleveland's table.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-20
Writ Of Habeas Corpus Granted In the
Virginia Cases.

WASHINGTON, October 12.-Upon
the e-assembling of the United
States Supreme Court to-day Chief
Justice Waite announced that the
Court had decided to grant writs
of habess corpus in the cases of At:
torney General Ayres and the two
Commonwealth's attorneys of Vir.
ginia, who are now iu prison in Rich,
mond for disregarding the order of
Judge Bond in the Coupon crusher'
litigation. The writs are made re.
turnable on Monday next. The
effect of this decision will be to bring
the case of the imprisoned State Of
6cers to this Court for trial upon
their merits without unnecessary de-
Law.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-20
A NOTED ROBBER.
tentinry After Years OF Con1lne-
ment.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, October II.
e. H. johnson, of Chicago, better
known as the express robber of
Memphis, was set at liberty to-day.
In 1875 he was arrested at Memphis
for. an. express robbery, and sen.
fenced to twenty-one years in the.
penitentiary. He is q very intelli-
gent man, and during 1884 is said to
have framed q bill while serving his
term that has resulted in his liberty.
The bill, which became law, short
ened. the good time allowed prison
ers. His sentence had already been
committed to sixteen years for SER
vices at q fire in the penitentiary.
When the good time law went into
effect he petitioned for writ Of
habeas corpus. on the ground that
his term had expired, and Judge
Frank Reid, of Nashville, released
him. He was at liberty eighteen
months, during which the, supreme
court reversed the decision OF Judge
Reid, and johnson was sent back to
the mines at Inman. A month ago
he petitioned for writ Of habeas
corpus Oh the ground that the peni.
tentiary lesses gave him his freedom
for eighteen months, and that time
shorld count as q part of his term,
which, if included, would finish his
term under the old good, time law.
To-day Judge Terwbitt, Of the circuit
court, rendered a decision to that
effect, setting johnson free The
peniseatiary lesses Immediately ap.
pealed the case to the supreme court
and johnson was released on $4,000.
Although convict for thirteen years,
he has twice brought the penitentiaryl
lesses as representatives Of the State
into 1.-The supreme court: as defend;
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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-20

bottom being deep enough in the
ground to hold them firm. Shelter
can be put over rack if desired. To
feed with pitchfork, commence by
taking out bottom tier floor can be
removed as the vines are fedi then
the next tier above, and so on to the
top. In this way the stack furnishes
it's own shelter until all is fed. Pigs
should have access to the stack to
gather up shattered leaves cr pods.
Vines should be cut just as first pods
turn yellow (not ripe) If cut at this
stage, and there is any season the
vines will sucker out and give good
coat to turn under in the fall. The
less vine (or more of bunch pea
the better; long vines hang on ev-
erything, and are hard to handle.
Bunch peas sown thick in drills are
best,
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-20
THE BILLIARD FORTUNE.
A Rich Wicffall that Seems 10 be
Hurd to Find.
,SDeciqZ to tie Heacs and Courier.


AsHEvILLE, n. c., October 12.-
Quite an agreeable sensation was pro-
duced here some weeks ago by the
announcement in the local papers
that the two children Of our fellow
townsman, Geo. W. billiard, had
been left each a legacy amounting in
the aggregate to over 8 million and
a half dollars. alr. billiard decided
to remove his children from Laurens,
or Pickens, S. c., their present resi-
dence, to this city.
AS soon as this was determined
upon two wealthy and prominent
gentlemen of this city, after consulta.
tion with Mr.. billiard, iled"applica.
tions for letters Of guardianship.
Some incredulity existed in the minds
Of many in regard to the legacies.
But the attorney for one of the ap-
plicants stated that he had given the
matter an investigation and that
there was no doubt about Sl,60O,0OO
being left to the TWO children by a
rich uncle in California. Placerville
was the town at which he was al.
legged to have lived and where he was
reported to have died, and his name
was James McCurry.
The Duly Citizen is in receipt of
/ q letter from an attorney by the name
of W. A. Curtis, Of Rabun County,
Georgia, where McCurry's relatives
now live, stating that at the instance
of these relatives he investigated the
matter, writing to the clerk Of the
Court at Placerville, El Dorado
County, California. He enclosed to
the editors of the Citizen copy OF
the letter received in reply. The
purport of this letter is that the will
of no such man has been presented
for probate; that tie clerk has not
heard of such person dying in his
county, and that so far as he knows
no party of that name lives there.
The letter itself is not sent to the
Citizen, but only copy, as stated.
So that the whole matter it seems, is
yet involved in doubt.
A special dispatch in regard to this
McCurry estate and the billiards has
gone out from Atlanta, purporting to
give an accurate and full account of
the billiard Windfall, and stating.
among other things, that Geo. W.
billiard is an old planter in Rabun
County and that two of his sons re-
Gently passed through that city en-
route to Placerville. Mr.. billiard is
not old, not farmer, and does not
livesin Rabuu County. He has but
one son, who is only II years old.
The whole special, frequently repub-
lished in different Southern papers in
the last week or so, reads like 70.
nance and is almost totally wanting
in truth in any Of its statements.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-20
THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH
Erected by DR.. Muhlenberg In 1743,
and Standing To-day just us it was
Finished.

TRApPE, Pa. October Sin this
ancient German village, in Montgom
cry County, l54 years ago, the first
congregation of the Lutheran Church
IN America was organized. Nine
years later the great apostle of that
faith, DR.. Henry Melchior Mullen
berg, came to Trappe from Germany,
and began his historic work of
establishing the doctrines of the Lu.
ther.n Church. Until his coming the
denomination had no place of meet.
ing except small log building a few
miles above this village. He built a
stone church at. Trappe, completing
it in September, l743. That church
is standing today just as it was fin
ished III years ago. both inside and
out. 1t is not used for church ser,
vice, the Trappe Lutherans having
built large new church some years
ago, but is sacredly preserved for its
historic associations. The Pennsyl.
vania Synod of the Lutheran Church,
now numbering ffty-fve parishes and
seventy eight churches, will to.mor,
row meet in Trappe for their annual
Confere which will last three
days. On October 6, 1857, DR..
Muhlenberg died, and his remains
are buried in the ancient graveyard
of the old Trappe Church. On Fri.
day, the centennial Of his death. iln.
pressive memorial services will be
held, in which many of the dignita-
ries Of the Lutheran Church in Amer.
ica will participate.
The old Trappe church is one of
the quaintest and most interesting
relics of the early days Of this coun-
try in existence. It's walls are moss.
grown and worn by the rayages OF
time, but are still firm and apparently
good for another century. Its odd
and angular architecture is striking
There is no steeple, and its steep
pitching roofs are double. The
heavy arched vestibule door is fas'
tened by ponderous lock, and the
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-20
Progress of the Three C's
;Syecinl to the Ne,rs and Courier.

.Special to tie Nescs and Courier.
CAMDEN, October 12.-Col. R. A.
johnson reached here last night and
will leave for Charleston, so as to at
tend the annual meeting of tho Char
lesion, Cincinnati and Chicago Rail
road Company at that place tomor-
row. He met the county commission
ers aud With their attorney have taken
trip up the line as far as Hanging
Rock, twenty.one miles above here.
They will return this afternoon. The
first ten miles of the roadbed north
ward has been completed, and part of
st is laid with rails and ties. Six
miles of the next ten miles OF road
bed are ready, and the remaining
four miles will be completed in q
short time.
Col. johnson asks that 100000 of
bonds be executed and placed in the
hands of the Deposit Company SUBJ
ject to the order of the county com
missioners, and that an order be Civ
en- (the first ten miles has been work
ed according to the contracO at once
for $4,000 to be delivered to the
: company. He also asks that an or
der be given in few weeks for the
other $4,000, when the other ten
miles will have been finished. This
is fair enough and will probably be
accepted by the commissioners.
Col. Johnson says tha, the subject
of a direct line to Charleston IS being
discussed, that is whether it would be
best to run a line straight to Charles
ton from Camden, or to Sumter and
then to Charleston. This matter is
still urder consideration, no decision
having been arrived at.
BY the beginning Of the next sea-
son the Three C's Road will compete
for the travel to Asheville snd other
resorts in Western North Carolina,
as the road will then be running to
Marion, \. c., and arrangements
have already been made for running
the Three C's cars, both passenger
and freight, on the Western North
Carolina track by January l. Fer
tilizers from Charleston will be haul
ed by this road to Lancaster, Rock
Hill and Yorkville. The cars will be
run to Lancaster in very short while.
This will carry large amount of new
trade to Charleston, besides giving q
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-20
Attractions at the State Fair.
Special to the Neus and Courier.

Special to the Ne,cs and Courier.
COLUMBIA, October l3.-At q
meeting of the board of trade Fair
committee this morning it was de
termined to engage two or three
bands for Fair week, the Intention
being to have them play every night
on Main street during the Fair. One
will be secured here, and the others
either in Charleston. Charlotte or
Greenville. The committee prefer
to have the German Artillery Band
of Charleston.
Tie contract for the fireworks dis.
play, which will cost $500 and be
very fine, was received to day from
Detwiller & Street, the well.known
pyrotechnists. 1t will be given on
Thursday night of Fair week. The
S34 colored globes for the six gaslit
arches on Main street are being pro
cured.
The committee have secured over
$1,000 from citizens to defray the
expenses of providing these features.
The expenditures, as far as deter.
mined on, will reach. Sl,l0G or
$1,000.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-20
Fooled by an Acrostic-Maker.

CHICAGO, October ga practical
joke in the nature of an acrostic was
perpetrated upon the Daily Neacs,
when that enterprising paper pub.
lished this morning, in its special
edition devoted to clarifying the
President, the following poem enti.
tied, In Illinois,
Here in this land of promise,
Under the glorious sky,
Reaching awide o'er shore and tide
Ruler and bride, do thou abide;
And heart of the West, beat high.
Forgetting the dismal rancor
OF years that should be dead.
Rally we all from cot and hall,
Blessing our Nations head.
Long life thou, O Ruler,
And to your gentle wife;
In prosperous ways God guide your
days
Nor count them past till you at last
Enjoy the endless life.
The first letters Of the lines. read
downward, make, "Hurra for Blaine"
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-20
A Parrot Hidden Near the Coffin.
Lunchburq Ne1os.

The Norfolk and Western train
men tell good joke on an express
messenger running between this
city and Chattanooga. In the
rush of loading his car at Chat
tanooga q parrot was put in a
corner unnoticed by him and 8
lot of stuff piled up around the bird.
In the same car was corpse. After
the train had gotten some distance
from the city and all was silent the
messenger was startled by hearing
I'm hot! Let me out!'' The mer
say the messenger stayed in the car
only long enough to exclalm:
~Hanged if you don't get hotter than
that before you get out" and bolted
out on the platform.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-20

great key that unfastens i. is yellow
and eaten with rust. The interior
of the church is exactly as it Was on
the first day services were held in it
in 1743, except that the high,
STRAIGHTFORWARD pews show the marks
Of hundred years of occupancy by
generations of worshipers. The
curious oaken pulpit, hanging high
against the wall at one end of the
room. and reached by flight OF
stairs, is the same from which the
great pioneer theologian Of the Lu-
theran faith in America delivered the
eloquent discourses. which are part
Of the Church's literature to-day.
Above the pulpit is the sounding.
board that aided in carrying his
words to devout hearers. A gallery
OF bewn oak timber. with wrought
iron braces and supports, extends
around three sides of the room.
Paint never touched the interior Of
this old sanctuary, and it was never
heated in the coldest weather. Over
the door Of the church on the outside
is tablet, on which a Latin inscrip-
tion could once be read, but the rude
letters have been 80 obliterated by
time'that they can nc longer be de-
ciphered. The inscription, it is said,
was cut on the tablet by DR.. Mullen
berg himself, and the church records
have it recorded as having been as
follows:
Sub remigo Christi has ades soci-
tati Augustana Confess. Dedita
dedicatus ex ipso fundamento ex.
truxit Henricus Melchior Mullen.
berg uQa cum sensoribus I. n. Cross
mano, F. Marstellero, H. A. He'll
mano, l. Mullero, II. Hasio, ct G.
Kebuero, A. D. MDCCXLuI.
There are many old and time worn
grave-stones in the Trappe' church.
yard. Besides the remains of Father
Muhlenberg, those Of his son, Gen.
Peter Muhlenberg, an officer in the
American army during the Revolu.
tion, are buried in the ancient grave.
yard. Both graves are marked with
simple slabs.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-20
The Wallace House.
Special to the Ne,os and Courier,

COLUMBIA, October 8.-The annu-
al reunion of the Wallace House will
be held on Wednesday night of Fair
week, in the large room of the ag-i-
cultural building, which was used
last winter as a Senate chamber.
Mr.. John S. Werner, member of the
historic House, will after the business
meeting deliver an address on The
rise and progress of South Carolina
since 1876" Judge Wallace is pre-
pairing a history of the House over
which he presided, and it is probable
that it will be read at the reunion.
Judge Wallace is the presiding Off
Ger of the organization, Mr.. John T.
Sloan is secretary, and State Treas
urer Bambcrg is chairman of the
committee on arrangements for the
reunion.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-20
Curing Pea Vines.

A correspondent of the Journal OF
agriculture says: Several years ago
I noticed South Carolinian stack.
ing vines around pole in which
holes had been mortised and bars
run through projecting in every d.
rection; those near the ground long
and shortening near the top of the
pole. My plan at the time was to
build a rail pen about foot high,
make floor on top of the rails the
rails in floor laid about a foot apart, }
then build the pen eighteen inches
higher, fill pen with vines, lay on an
other floor, build pen eighteen inches
higher, fill again with vines, and so
on all the way up. The vines were
put in perfectly green and cured up
nicely, but it was too much trouble
to feed. These two modes suggested
two poles instead Of one with bars
eighteen inches apart, with bottom
bars ten feet long, projecting five feet
each side of pole; next bars eight
and one-half feet long; third bars
seven feet; fourth, FIVE and one-half
feet; fifth bars four feet; sixth and
last bars two and one-half feet long.
Set the two poles in the ground so
the bottom bars, or floor. will be
about one foot from the ground so
that pigs can 60 under and get shat
tered peas and vines. Set the posts
nine feet apart with bars parallel
(see that bars are same distance apart
at each end) 80 rail ten feet long
will reach from the bar on one pole
to the bar on the other. See that the
poles are set perpendicular. Take q
strip from top Of one pole to top of
the other to hold in place. Set short
blocks under ends of bottom bars to
keep them from sagging and hold the
stack in shape. Now lay floor of
rails, as in pens, on the bottom bars;
pile on vines until level with top of
second bars; lay on another floor OF
rails, then more vines until third bars
are reached; then another floor and
more vines until the top is reached.
Now capplng must be done with
straw. Vines will turna water, but
will drain it off if top or cap is
all right. The vines in each tier
should hang down over the tier be-
low. Rake the stack down with pitch
fork as in other hay. The stack can
be made any length by setting SINH.
lar poles with bars at either end OF
the one up, one end Of the floor can
rest on the bars in first stack. II
lasting timber is used tue same poles
will last many years. We only wait
for vines to wilt after they are cut
before stacking. Be certain to stack
same day cut. DoL't put IN cocks
or leave in dew or sun.
Vines thus cured wilrbe as green
in March as when cut. The green
pods will not shrivel or mould, but
will heal up the same as cut corn. II
properly done there will not be par
ticle of mildew, dust or waste. We
put stack FIVE feet from lot fence
Qence is straight;) make rack by set
ting rails at an angle of forty.hve de-
grees across the lot fence three feet
from the ground; let the fence come
up two feet above where the rails
cross top ends of rails in lot; the
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-20
THE TUITION FEE IN THE STATE
COLLEGE.
1t Reduces the Number Of Students
at the Opening OF the Institatfon.
Special to the Neacs and Courier


COLUMBIA, October 13.-In pur.
suance of the annual custom of this
Office, the earliest opportunity is
taken of furnishing to the public the
statistics Of the opening week of the
College. The figures have peculiar
interest at this time, inasmuch as the
College now charges tuition fee of
$40 a year, has greatly raised its
standard of admission and has abol-
ished its sub.collegiate classes. The
declaration in this correspondence,
on the 9Th instant, that there were
about l40 students on the grounds
and that the tuition feature would
probably not cost the College more
than 25 or 80 students, is fully cor
roborated by the following carefully
prepared statistics:
Mum Der OF matriculates October ..l40
Old students on the grounds COM
pleting their matriculation...........3
Old students who have written
that they will certainly return
within the next few days. ....."......5
Applicants now on the grounds...........4
Applicants to report, this week.........2
Number confidently expected by
Oct. 13................ .....................lo4
Number Of applicants rejected to
date
Average number matrlculated
to October 16 for five proceed
Letters received from students
and from applicants indicate that
the enrolment for the session will
reach at least 175. The average
total enrolment for the FIVE preced-
ing years has been 1875. Of the 140
matriculates to date, "a are old and
46 are new students.
Twenty old and ten new students
have asked for the remission Of their
tuition fees under the terms Of the
Act passed by the Legislature at its
last session.
There are Is law and 124 academic
students, and the number taking the
agricultural and mechanical courses
will be as large as before. In the
agricultural department there are
three candidates for degrees in the
full four years. course, which is more
than ever before, and there are also
three candidates for the degree OF
civil engineer, on the full four;years'
course, which is likewise an increase.
Of course, the candidates for certl-
fcates who take the shorter courses
in these two departments are more
numerous.
The examinations have been more
rigid than for any previous year, ana
it is probable that majority of the
nine applicants rejected would have
been admitted under the less severe
| examinations of last year. Presl.
dent McBryde says that the material
of the students is decidedly the best
which has been offered since the re
organization, and he considers the
condition of the College most en-
couraging. He had not expected an
annual enrolment of more than lou
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-20
PRICE $l.5O A YEAR.

under the new conditions, while til
now evident that it will reach ITS.
The number Of students at present
enrolled from the several counties.
and States is as follows: Abbeviile,
o, Aiken 5, Barnwell 2, Berkeley 3,
Charleston 6, Chester 8, Chesterfield
5. Clarendon 2, Colleton 8, Dar-
lington 9, Edge6eld 4, Fairfield 8,
Georgetown l. oreenville 4, Hamp-
ton 8, Kershaw ,, Lancaster 2, Lau-
rens 2, Marlboro l, Marion 3, New.
berry 2, Orangeburg 8. Richland 49,
Spartanburg 5, Sumter 9, Union 4,
York !, Massachusetts 2, Florida L.,
Virginia J..
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-20
Marriage of Editor Todd.
Special to the Register.

ANDERSON, October l4.-Major A.
S. Todd, the handsome and talented
editor of the Anderson Journal, was
married yesterday afternoon at 4
o'clock to Miss Ellen Archer, Rev.
D. E. Frierson, D. D., officiating.
The happy couple have gone to At
lanta to see the Piedmont Exposition
and shake hands with President and
Mrs. Cleveland.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-20
Victim Of Gas.
.S,,eci1z TO the Neacs and Courier.

Special to the Neacs and Courier.
COLUMBIA. $. c., October "a
Mr.. A. J. Taylor, of Lewiedale,
Lexington County, who was found
Yesterday morning asphyxiated by
gas in his room over Longs stables
died this afternoon about 6 o'clock.
He had never recovered conscious
ness and the constant and strenuous
efforts which had been made to re-
lieye him failed.